Global Studies Faculty

The Global Studies faculty members have over 40 years of international experience among them. They have ministered in Africa, Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, and the USA. Their wealth of experience is a mainstay of the Global Studies program.

Program Coordinator

Tim Stabell

Tim grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and worked there with his wife, Susan, from 1982 to 1996. Tim went on to do a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and is currently overseeing the Global Studies program at Briercrest. During the summers, he often returns to the Congo where he continues to be involved in leadership training at various levels. In his research and teaching he is particularly fascinated by the challenge of communicating the biblical story of God’s heart for the nations (the “theology of mission”) and of working out the implications of that story for our engagement in a culturally diverse and spiritually needy world.

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Global Studies: TESOL Faculty

David Catterick

dcatterick@briercrest.ca
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David started his teaching career over twenty years ago teaching English in a German school. Between 1989 and 1997, David taught English and ministered in four different colleges and universities in China, met his Canadian wife, and completed his M.Ed. in TESOL at the University of Manchester in the U.K. During his final two years in China, David taught and developed courses for a graduate-level, in-service TESOL training program at China's largest teachers' university. In 1998, he went to teach English for Academic Purposes at the University of Dundee in Scotland, developing courses and programs to help international students cope with the challenges of English-medium higher education. In his final years at the university, David was also involved in a number of European Union-funded language projects in central and eastern Europe.

David has been teaching here at Briercrest College since August 2006. He enjoys the opportunity to "multiply ministries" through the field of TESOL and encouraging students to be used by God in English language teaching contexts around the world.

David likes to spend his spare time with his wife, Sandra, and their three elementary school-aged children, Sarah, Sophie, and Esther. David and his family often travel to other parts of Saskatchewan and neighbouring provinces so the girls can take part in Scottish Highland Dancing competitions.

Darla (Cupery) Gamache

darlagamache@briercrest.ca
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Darla discovered her love for TESOL in Istanbul, Turkey, during her three years of teaching at Istanbul Technical University. She returned to the U.S. and moved to southern California where she completed a Master's degree at Biola University and assumed a leadership role at Hope International University. After serving as Associate Director of International Programs at Hope, Darla moved on to California Baptist University and became the director of a new ESL program, ACCESS, where she helped create, launch, and develop the program and taught the first learners when they arrived.

In August 2006, Darla came to Briercrest College to move into teacher training within the field of TESOL. While she misses daily contact with English language learners, she loves watching Briercrest students move through the Global Studies: TESOL program and seeing them start to understand and move within the call that God has placed on their lives.

Outside of the classroom, Darla and her husband, Danny, love to travel in North America and around the world to be a part of God's ministry.